When I was in Tom Lehrer’s class on the history of musical theater at UCSC, he would always mock my announcements about The Sound of Young America, but he would always let me share them. Whatta guy.
Above: a little bit of satire that’s as apt today as it was back then… “Send the Marines.”
Below: a bit of hilarious freelance misanthropy: “When You Are Old & Gray.”
I’m not entirely sure who this 6funswede character who uploaded these vids is, or where he got them from, but God bless him. Don’t miss “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” an all-time classic.